#56BCA2#56BCA2

#56BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCA2
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -36.05, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 36.30, 173.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1027 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.103 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3396, 40.5509, 40.5091)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCA2 #BC5670

analogous

#56BC6F #56BCA2 #56A3BC

triadic

#56BCA2 #A256BC #BCA256

tetradic

#56BCA2 #6F56BC #BC5670 #A3BC56

square

#56BCA2 #6F56BC #BC5670 #A3BC56

split-complementary

#56BCA2 #BC56A3 #BC6F56

monochromatic

#2B6D5C #3C9881 #56BCA2 #82CDBA #AEDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#56BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCA2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCA2	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0bd',
    500: '#56bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bca2;
$custom-light: #8ed0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCA2

secondary

#CDA1AC

accent

#5575D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCA2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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